Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners

The Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learner option is designed to prepare candidates for leadership roles in staff development and services for English Learners. Key goals are (a) to provide the means by which candidates can address the critical pedagogical and linguistic needs of California's diverse student population, and (b) promote sensitivity to multicultural issues in education. Candidates will identify, read, and assess reasearch relative to issues in bilingual education, second langauge acquisition, and multicultural education.

 

Program Description:

The Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learner option serves as a logical extension to CLAD/BCLAD emphasis credential or the SB 2042 preliminary or professional credential. The candidate will be prepared to teach or supervise students from a variety of languages and cultures in elementary, secondary, and other educationla settings. Graduates of the program will provide educational leadership in diverse instructional contexts.

Candidates will gain knowledge and skills to meet the challenge of providing appropriate education for students of diverse langauges and cultures. Candidates will explore new perspectives and facilitate a sense of belonging to a lager community.

 

Program Planning Guide 

Prepared by: Esther L. Larocco, Ph.D.

 M.A. Core Required Courses (9 units):
 

EDMA 610: Seminar in Educational Research I (F/S)	4 units
EDMA 611: Seminar in Educational Research II (F/S)	2 units
EDMA 600-308: Foundation in Education Series	3 units

(Preferred - EDMA 303: Foundations of Bilingual Education) (S)
 

L & C Diverse Learners Required Courses (15 units):

BLMC 518:	English as a Second Language/Bilingual: The Language and Communication Skills of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children (F)	3 units
BLMC 536:	Introduction to Multicultural Education (F/S)	3 units
BLMC 672:	Methods and Strategies for Second Language Acquisition and Academic Development (S)	3 units
EDSL 635:	Current Research and Developments in  Foreign/Second Language Education (S)	3 units
EDSL 636:	Foreign/Second Language Education:  Testing and Assessment Practices (S)	3 units

 

 Elective (3 units) - choose one-:

BLMC 674:	Development of Curriculum and MaterialsFor Bilingual/Multicultural Education (F)	3 units
EDSL 571:	Foreign/Second Language Teaching Methods (F/S)	3 units
ENGL 671:	Advanced Theories of Second Language Acquisition (F/S)	3 units
ENGL 352:	Theories of Literacy	3 units
ANTH 451:	Ethnolinguistics (S)	3 units
ANTH 603:	Seminar in Cultural Anthropology (Evn F)	3 units
RDGL 457:	Literature for a Multicultural World (S)	3 units

 
 

  Culminating Requirement:

EDMA 699T:	Master’s Study (Thesis)	3 units
	or
EDMA 699P:	Master’s Study (Project)	3 units